The powerful Ajit Pawar is back in the government after much drama; and everyone in Maharashtra knew what the climax would be. His comeback was not surprising and neither was the white paper issued by the water works department, held again by an NCP minister who too faces corruption charges, which gave a clean chit to Ajit Pawar, paving the way for...

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released a "Black Paper" today in response to the White Paper on irrigation that has been prepared by the Maharashtra government. The activist-turned-politician has slammed the report which was presented to the state cabinet on Friday and practically gives a clean chit to NCP leader and former deputy chie...

A Maharashtra irrigation department report that sources say will counter allegations of corruption against Ajit Pawar that cost him his job as deputy chief minister was presented to the state cabinet this evening. It is being seen as the first step in the political rehabilitation of Mr Pawar and his return to government.

Water Resources department chief engineer and member of the state-level technical advisory committee, Vijay Pandhare, who wrote to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan about alleged irregularities in irrigation projects has been given police protection.

The 26-kilometre Bawanthadi Canal has run into trouble even before its inauguration. The inter-state project between Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, that was to supply irrigation and drinking water to 21 villages, have developed cracks so deep that the whole thing will have to be rebuilt for any water to run through.